Before The Quarrel [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Before The Quarrel [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Track Listings

1. World Peace

2. By Myself

3. Show You No Mercy

4. Malfunction

5. Hard Times

6. Sign Of The Times

7. Don't Tread On Me

8. Face The Facts

9. It's The Limit

10. Life Of My Own

11. Survival Of The Streets

12. Everybodys Gonna Die

13. Dub

Editorial Reviews
The Hardcore Website, February 2000
"If there is one album in the entire history of hardcore to own, this is it."

Product Description
Original demos for the first LP from Hardcore/Thrash band, 1986s 'The Age of Quarrel'. 12 tracks. Standard jewel case.

Before The Quarrel [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]

Tracks:

Romeo And Juliet: The Montagues And The Capulets (Op. 64b-1)
Romeo And Juliet: Romeo At The Fountain (Op.101-1, Fig. 2)
Romeo And Juliet: The Street Awakens (Op. 64-3)
Romeo And Juliet: Morning Dance (Op. 101-2)
Romeo And Juliet: The Quarrel (Op. 64-5)
Romeo And Juliet: The Fight (Op. 64-6)
Romeo And Juliet: Dance With Mandolins (Op. 64-25)
Romeo And Juliet: The Nurse (Op. 64-26)
Romeo And Juliet: Juliet The Young Girl (Op. 64b-2)
Romeo And Juliet: Dance Of The Five Couples (Op. 64-24)
Romeo And Juliet: Interlude (Op. 64-8)
Romeo And Juliet: Masks (Op. 64-12)
Romeo And Juliet: Romeo And Juliet (Op. 64a-6)
Romeo And Juliet: Tybalt's Death (Op. 64a-7)
Romeo And Juliet: Romeo And Juliet Before Parting (Op. 64b-5)
Romeo And Juliet: Morning Serenade (Op. 64-48)
Romeo And Juliet: Dance Of The Young Girls With Lilies (Op. 64-49)
Romeo And Juliet: At Juliet's Bedside (Op. 64-50, Fig. 345)
Romeo And Juliet: Juliet's Funeral (Op. 64-51)
Romeo And Juliet: Death Of Juliet (Op. 64-52)

Customer Reviews:

Abbado's best Prokofiev in great sound.......2005-09-24

I am usually not a particular fan of Abbado in Prokofiev, finding him unsympathetic in the piano concertos with Kissin and a bit tame in Alexander Nevsky. But this relatively generous (68 min.) collection of the best excerpts from Romeo and Juliet is stunning. The viruosity of the Berlin Phil. is astonishing, even for them, and the sound is detailed and altogehter spectcular in its impact. This CD goes right to the head of the list, along with Salonen (also recorded with the Berliners), Gergiev, and Dorati.

I agree 100 %.......2000-08-07

Abbado is a fine conductor, and he excels with Prokofiev's music. I've heard a few others, but this is easily the best.

The best version available.......1999-10-15

Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic's version of Prokofiev's great work outshines any other available version. The sound is clear and the musicality brilliant. The demonstrate that overplayed hits like the Montagues and the Capulets march can be played beautifully, as if one hears it for the first time.

Average customer rating:

For Collectors Only
how a legend begins...
Thanks for clarifying
LES NYC NATIVE
some thoughts...

Before The Quarrel
Cro-Mags
Manufacturer: Cro Mag Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00003TL7S
Release Date: 2000-01-04

Tracks:

World Peace
By Myself
Show You No Mercy
Malfunction
Hard Times
Sign Of The Times
Don't Tread On Me
Face The Facts
It's The Limit
Life Of My Own
Survival Of The Streets
Everybodys Gonna Die
Dub

Album Description

Original demos for the first LP from Hardcore/Thrash band, 1986s 'The Age of Quarrel'. 12 tracks. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

For Collectors Only.......2005-04-17

The Cro-Mags were at the forefront of the New York crossover hardcore scene in the mid-1980's, second only to Agnostic Front. Their extremely powerful, angry sound inspired the current generation of Headbanger's Ball-type music, from hardcore standards like Hatebreed, to pop-thrashers Pantera, to death metal.

This is the original recording of what became the Cro-Mags' quintessential debut album, "Age of Quarrel." Those new to the band should start with Age. Though remixed, the production of "Before the Quarrel" is rough as compared with the follow-up--especially the vocals. Age... does much more justice to John Joseph's loathsome and dynamic voice. Before... is closer to what the band sounded like live. There are two bonus tracks not found on Age... "Everybodys Gonna Die" is a faster track similar to "Survival of the Streets," and "Dub" is an unneeded instrumental that sounds like a studio warm-up (there's no collaboration here--just drums and bass doing their own thing).

One thing is really irritating about this release. I mean no disrespect to the man, but this seems like another Harley Flannigan ego trip--from the packaging to the remix, it has Harley all over it. The album art is a collage of early band photos--almost all of Harley. The band roster lists Harley as Bass and Vocals before John "Bloodclot" Joseph. Interesting considering the only vocals Harley may be responsible for are the chorus chants which are clearly not him alone. The bass track is the most prominent in the remix--he is a good bassist, but it seems unnecessarily loud on several tracks. This reminds me of Danzig's bastardization of Misfits classics when he remixed several 80's standards deleting Jerry Only's original bass tracks and laying down his own 90's rerecordings for the "Collection" album.

how a legend begins..........2004-03-06

This band was, at that time, great. 'Before the quarrel', even if not as amazing as 'the age of quarrel', their first official album, represents what hardcore or simply rock'n roll should ever be : rebellion without a pause!

Thanks for clarifying.......2003-12-06

I bought the original tape and like many other fans in NYC was not happy with the mixing on the record. I am so pleased that this is now on CD.
I went to school with a couple of the band-members and it was explained to me that this was NOT a demo and was supposed to be their first album but either they didn't have the money to press the album, or the recording levels were not right for the record. Either way its the best of their stuff. and in my opinion the best to come out of NY/HC. Better executed than Agnostic Front's Victim in Pain with a more scope intellectually (I know its a bad word in Hardcore but f*ck its 20 years later man) Its not just songs just about "the street." or reactionary political statements in favor of or against the long-gone Reagan Administration (I love "World Peace")
I'd like to point out that Macky who was the drummer on these recordings but not pictured on the CD cover was also the best and most talented HC drummer to play at CBs and in the NY scene.

LES NYC NATIVE.......2003-11-22

AS said before, this is the tape. And it sounds way better than the age of quarrel lp, no thanks to chris the rock hotel coke sniffing loser. but whatever, cro mags are dead now.

some thoughts..........2003-11-07

This IS indeed the original Age of Quarrel. Back in 85 or 84 when i was a teenage skin, I bought a tape from John Joseph for $5 at CB's. It was labelled as Age of Quarrel (on cro-mag-non records) and this CD is of that very tape. I'm not sure if it was a demo or not but it certainly isn't the same stuff which would be released as the Age of Quarrel LP a few years later on Profile records.

I've always preferred the mixing on the tape as opposed to the LP, it had a much heavier thrash sound more reminiscent of how they sounded live rather than the metallic sound they grew into.

John Joseph's vocals are really intense on this as opposed to the LP where he seems muddled underneath all the guitar work.